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Harrison is editor of San Diego Jewish World.  He may be contacted via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com

The Philanthropy of Ernest and Evelyn Rady

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Editor’s Note: This is the 10th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.”  All three books as well as others written by Harrison may...

Terry Wunder: Rejoicing in a Jewish Identity

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Editor’s Note: This is the 8th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.”  All three books as well as others written by Harrison...

Supernatural Tales Embody Wishes of Holocaust Rescue

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Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman with illustrations by Andrés Vera Martínez; New York: Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc; © 2023; ISBN 9780545-313483; 245 pages plus after-words by author...
Credit: Bender JCC

A memoir of overcoming racism

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The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl by Marra B. Gad;  2019, Bolden, An Agate Imprint; ISBN 9781572-842755; 233 pages; $17 At the age of three days, Marra B. Gad was adopted...
Entrance to the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach (Photo: Ben Dishman)

David Ellenstein Followed His Actor Father Into Show Business

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David Ellenstein’s grandfather, Meyer Ellenstein, was a two-term mayor of Newark, New Jersey. David’s father, Robert Ellenstein, was an actor who appeared in television, movies and stage productions. Politics and acting were in David’s...

History of Conflict with Israel Tilts Toward the Palestinians

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Although this book claims to be an objective history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it clearly is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel narrative. The author, Michael Scott-Baumann, a resident of Cheltenham, England, had volunteered for a group calling...

Couple’s Post-Holocaust Reunification Story Has Emotional Impact

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In Kaunas, Lithuania, a city also known as Kovno, David and Dora Ruskin married in 1938.  They had a daughter, Rose Miriam, in 1939, and came under Nazi German occupation in 1941.  After three...

A Kibbutznik Who Did Everything Well

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Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards; Montgomery, Alabama: NewSouth Books © 2008, ISBN 9781588-382375; 26 pages; $9.79 on Amazon. SAN DIEGO – For its October selection for 4-year-old children, PJ Library has brought back an oldie but a...

Viewers Experience World of Deaf in ‘Since August’

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Now viewable on YouTube and other Internet platforms, Since August is a groundbreaking film in which most of the sparse dialogue is in American Sign Language with some English-language captioning. It takes hearing people into the...

Book Presents 21 Jewish Role Models for Grade School Girls

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She’s a Mensch: Jewish Women Who Rocked the World by Rachelle Burk and Alana Barouch, with illustrations by Arielle Trent; Seattle, Washington: Intergalactic Afikoman; © 2023; ISBN 9781951-365110; 56 pages; $19.99. Twenty-one Jewish women whose accomplishments...